Issue Description

A new storyline begins as Robin is uprooted to Blüdhaven, where he must operate on his own! With no school and no job, Tim Drake's life has narrowed to a single endeavor: crimefighting! But another mysterious vigilante is active in Blüdhaven, and it's not Batgirl!

Tim Drake visits his step mom, Dana Drake, at the hospital in Bludhaven where he learns from her doctor that though she keeps forgetting that Tim's father, Jack Drake and Tim's girlfriend Stephanie Brown were dead, Dana was not crazy, it was just a coping mechanism.

Back at Tim's Bludhaven Robin's Nest, Bruce Wayne asks Tim if it'd be okay for Bruce to adopt Tim as his son. Tim is speechless, and tells Bruce he needs time to think. He does this out on patrol where he is being unknowingly watched by The Rising Sun Archer.

The next day at John Wayne High School, Tim arrives for his first day but is bum-bared by students who have heard about Tim's last school in Gotham and how it was shot up during the gang wars earlier. Tim gets angry at everyone and blows up at them leaving them speechless.

One week later, Tim Alfred and Bruce meet with Jack Drake's lawyer to hear Jack's will and they learn that Jack's money is split between Tim and Dana and more importantly Tim will be cared for by Jack's brother Edward Drake. This surprises everyone and Bruce promises to get to the bottom of it.

A few days later back in Bludhaven, Tim goes on patrol and after beating up some thugs he is blindsided by The Rising Sun Archer who hits him in the chest with three yellow arrows.

Robin (1993)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

Starring: Tim Drake as Robin (III) and Stephanie Brown as the Spoiler / Robin (IV).

Following on from Robin (1991), Robin II: The Joker's Wild (1991) and Robin III: Cry of the Huntress (1992).

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Tim Drake had grown up idolizing the Batman. A brilliant young mind, Tim earned his place by the Dark Knight's side by deducing Bruce Wayne's dual identity, and then proving his own ingenuity. When Batman's back was shattered by the criminal known as Bane, and Jean-Paul Valley (alias Azrael) took over the mantle of the bat, it didn't take Robin long to realize that it is not the Batsuit that makes the man. As Batman, Valley insisted that he didn't need a partner, and continued to prove his point by bricking up Tim's private entrance to the Batcave. So, in the debut issue of his own ongoing series, Robin fired up his sleek sports car named Redbird and embarked on a solo career, with the help of writer Chuck Dixon and artist Tom Grummett, not to mention a deluxe embossed cover. The series was an instant success.

Although his relationship with Batman ebbed and flowed over the years, and Dixon left the title after a remarkable 100 issue run, Robin's series lasted 183 issues plus a #0 and #1000000 issue before being given a name change and a reboot. Tim Drake proved a reader favorite and paved the way for other spin-off Bat-family ongoing titles like Azrael, Nightwing and Batgirl.

The adventures of Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown continue into Red Robin (2009) and Batgirl (2009).

Annuals & SpecialsRobin Annual (#1-7)Robin 80-Page Giant (#1)Robin/Argent: Double Shot (#1)Robin Plus (#1-2)Superboy/Robin: World's Finest Three (#1-2)Robin/Spoiler Special (#1)Collected EditionsRobin: Flying Solo (#1-6, Showcase '94 #5-6)Robin: Unmasked (#121-125)Batman: War Games Book One (New Edition) (#126-129)Robin/Batgirl: Fresh Blood (#132-133, Batgirl #58-59)Robin: To Kill a Bird (#134-139)Robin: Days of Fire and Madness (#140-145)Robin: Wanted (#148-153)Robin: Teenage Wasteland (#154-162)Robin: The Big Leagues (#163-167)Robin: Violent Tendencies (#170-174, Robin/Spoiler Special #1)Robin: Search for a Hero (#175-183)Other Collected EditionsBatman: KnightfallVolume 2: KnightsQuest (#7)Volume 3: KnightEnd (#8-9, #11-13)Batman: Prodigal (#11-13)Batman: Contagion (#27-28)Batman: Legacy (#31-33)Batman: Cataclysm (#53)Batman: Road To No Man's Land (#54)Batman: No Man's LandVolume 2 (#67)Volume 3 (#68-72)Volume 4 (#73)Batman: Officer Down (#86)Bruce Wayne: Murderer? (#98-99)Robin: The Teen Wonder (#128, #132)Batman: War GamesVolume 1: Outbreak (#129)Volume 2: Tides (#130)Volume 3: End Game (#131)Teen Titans: Life and Death (#146-147)Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul (#168-169, Annual #7)DC One Million Omnibus (#1000000)

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